Wave shoaling is the process when surface waves move towards shallow water, such as a beach, they slow down, their wave height increases and the distance between waves decreases. This behavior is called shoaling, and the waves are said to shoal.n a nautical sense, a bar is a shoal, similar to a reef: a shallow formation of (usually) sand that is a navigation or grounding hazard, with a depth of water of 6 fathoms (11 metres) or less. It therefore applies to a silt accumulation that shallows the entrance to or course of a river, or creek.
Phosphorus (P) Phosphorus (P), phosphorusnonmetallic chemical element of the nitrogen family (Group 15 [Va] of the periodic table) that at room temperature is a colourless, semitransparent, soft, waxy solid that glows in the dark.
1 White phosphorus is used in the manufacture of munitions, pyrotechnics, explosives, smoke bombs, in artificial fertilizers, rodenticides, phosphor bronze alloy, semiconductors, electroluminescent coating, and chemicals. ( 2 1, 4). White or yellow white phosphorus is either a yellow or colorless, volatile crystalline solid that darkens when exposed to light and ignites in air to form white fumes and greenish light. ( 2 1). 3  The chemical symbol for white phosphorus is P; the vapor has the formula P 4 and the molecular weight is 124.0 g/mol.